vi CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER V. 



PAUE 



Treatment of Wounds 49 



General Remarks ; Methods of Allaying Haemorrhage 49 



The Suturing ol Wounds 5 ' 



Pin Sutures 53 



Button Sutures 53 



Quill Sutures 55 



Lambert's Sutures 55 



Simple Continuous Suture 55 



Furrier's Suture 55 



Halstead's Suture - 55 



Needles 55 



Bandaging 5" 



CHAPTER VI. 



Sqrgical Treatment of Abscesses 5^ 



Exploring, Opening, and Cleansing of Sinuses 59 



Removal of Cysts 6° 



Removal of Tumours 6o 



CHAPTER VII. 



Operations on the Skull And Face 63 



Trephining 63 



Operations on the Ear 64 

 Examination of the Interior of the Ear before, and the Applica- 

 tion of Dressing after, an Operation 64 

 Removal of Polypi, Tumours, or Enlarged Ceruminous Glands - 64 

 Operations for Heematoma or Tumefied Flap 65 

 Amputation of the Ear Flap or a portion of it 67 

 Operations to Cause the Ears to Droop 67 



CHAPTER VIII. 



Operations on the Eye and its Appendages 6g 



Examination for, and Removal of, Foreign Bodies 69 



Removal of Dermoid Growths from the Cornea 69 



Tapping the Cornea 70 



Operation for Staphyloma 70 



Operation for Strabismus - 71 



Operation for Cataract 72 



Excision of the Eyeball 74 



Excision of the Membrana Nictitans 75 



Operation for Entropion and Trichiasis 75 



Operations for Ectropion 76 



